Bow



G. FLATTO Jan. 11, 1938.

BOW

Filed Jan. 6, 1937 fg 5 INVENTORF T BY a A'l'l'O NEY Patented Jan. 11, 1938 2,105,436

UbiiTED STATES FATENT OFFICE BOW George Flatto, New York, N. Y., assignor to The Ribbon Mills Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application January 6, 1937, Serial No. 119,208

10 Claims. (01. 132-47) This invention relates to new and useful imstruction of an article as described which is provements in a ribbon bow and has more parsimple and durable and which may be manufacticular reference to a construction by which the tured and sold at a reasonable cost. ribbon bow may be mounted on ones hair. For further comprehension of the invention,

More particuiarly, it is proposed to secure a and of the objects and advantages thereof, ref- 5- piece of elastic upon a rear portion of the bow erence will be had to the following description y Which the b y be mounted on p gtails or and accompanying drawing, and to the appended locks of air, or other places. claims in which the various novel features of the Still further the inventioncontemplates to arinvention are more particularly set forth.

range the elastic in the form of a band so that In the accompanying drawing forming a mathe pigtail or look of hair may easily be slipped terial part of this disclosure: through the band to mount the ribbon on a Fig. l is a front elevational view of a ribbon persons hair. bow constructed according to this invention.

'Still further the invention proposes to mount Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of Fig. 1. the elastic beneath a portion of the ribbon con- Fig. 3 is an elevational view of a strip of ribstruction for maintaining the elastic in position bon, folded during the manufacture of the bow. on the bow. Fig. 4 shows the ribbon in Fig. 3 gathered at Another one of the objects of this invention is the center and held in bow formation by a bastto construct a ribbon bow from a strip of ribbon ing stitch. which is folded backwards and forwards several Fig. 5 shows a narrow ribbon band which is to 20 times to form the petals of the bow and which is be tied around the center of the gathered ribbon then gathered at the center and tied with a to cover the basting stitch.

band. It is proposed to use said band for the Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the elastic band simultaneous purpose of holding the said elastic which is simultaneously tied down by the ribin position. bon band shown in Fig. 5. 25

Still further the invention contemplates form- Fig. 7 is a rear elevational view of a ribbon ing the elastic band from a strip of elastic mabow constructed according to a modification of terial which has its ends secured together. It the invention. is also proposed to fold under the end portions Fig. 8 is a perspective view of an elastic strip of the elastic band while it is being secured towith fastening elements which may be used upon 30- gether so as to form a socket portion which is a ribbon bow according to another embodiment capable of being engaged beneath the band which of the invention. holds the petals of the bow together, to prevent In Figs. 1 and 2 a ribbon bow is shown conthe elastic from shifting. sisting of a strip of ribbon l0 folded to produce Another one of the objects of this invention is petals lfia which are held in position by a cen- 35 to combine a bow and an elastic strap with a tral band H. At the back of this ribbon bow fastening element to secure portions thereof tothere is an elastic band H2 in position by the gether to produce an elastic band of selective said central band H. This bow is constructed as size. It is thus possible to have the elastic band shown in Figs. 3-6 inclusive.

of a selected size engageable on a pigtail or look The strip of ribbon Iii is zig-zagged, sidewise, 40 of hair of a certain size. several times into the form of a flattened helix.

Still further it is proposed to secure the fas- It is then crumpled together at the center along tening element upon one end of the strap in a the line AA to produce the petals 10a as shown manner so that a socket portion is formed enin Fig. 4. It is held in this position by a basting gageable beneath the band which holds the ribstitch It. This basting stitch is then covered by bon petals to prevent the elastic strip from a strip of material it tied around the center of shifting. the bow to form the band il. While this strip Still further the invention proposes the use of H is being tied down the elastic band i2 is a buckle as the fastening means by which the slipped in position so as to be simultaneously elastic strap may be formed into an elastic band. tied down. The knots i!" of the strip I! are 50 Still further the invention proposes the use of shown in Fig. 2 located at the rear of the bow. hook and eyes or other similar fastening ele- The front of the covering band ll serves as a ments for converting the elastic strip to band trimming for the ribbon and to cover the bastformation. ing I3.

Another object of this invention is the con- The band I2 is formed from a strip of elastic 55 material which has its end portions secured together by stitches M. The end portions of this strip are bent under to form loop ends I40. and Mb between which there is a thinner section of the band which acts as a socket portion. The band I I is tied between the loop portions Ma and Mo so as to be disposed within this socket portion. This prevents the band l2 from shifting which would be undesirable in that the ends of the strip which form the band would be exposed.

In Fig. 7 a modification of the invention has been disclosed in which an elastic strap lid is used in lieu of a band. A fastening e1ement i5 is secured upon one end of the elastic strap by which the elastic strap may be held in the form of an elastic band. The fastening element l5 comprises merely a small buckle. This buckle has an outside frame portion l5a, a'central strip portion 15b, and serrations 15c upon the inner side of one of the sides of the frame l5a. The buckle i5 is held in position by looping one end of the elastic strap Ha over one side of the buckle. An eyelet i5 is then riveted through the loop portion to hold the buckle in position. There is excessive material on the end portion of the strap past the rivet l6 which is looped under to form a loop portion l1. Between the loop portion l1 and the eyelet it there is a thinner or reduced portion of the strap around which the strap 1 I is tied. Thus the elastic strap I la is held against Shifting.

The outer end of the elastic strap Ha may be engaged through the buckle l5 and held in various adjusted positions by the serrations 150. It is thus possible to form an elastic band of numerous diameters. This bow is thus adapted to be engaged upon pigtails and locks of hair of different diameters.

In Fig. 8 another modification of the invention has been disclosed, differing from the prior form merely in the means for holding the elastic strap lad in band formation. There is a hook element l8 mounted on one end of the elastic strap Mao and cooperative with eye elements l9 mounted in several positions along the length of the elastic strap Had. It is possible to tie the strap llaa upon the bow by engaging the strip portion II over the strap 1 lad and between the hook l8 and the nearest eye 19. These hook and eyes will prevent the strap i Iaa from becoming disengaged from the bow. The hook I8 and eyes I9 hold the strap in band formation of a pre-determined size.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A bow comprising a ribbon folded into bow formation, a band tied over the central area of said bow formation to maintain the bow shape, and an elastic band on the back face of said bow and tied down by said band.

2. A bow comprising a ribbon folded into bow formation, a hand tied over the central area of said bow formation to maintain the bow shape,

and an elastic band on the back face of said how and tied down by said band, said elastic. band being formed from an elastic strip having its ends secured together.

3. A bow comprising a ribbon folded into bow formation, a band tied over the central area of said bow formation to maintain the bow shape, and an elastic band on the back face of said bow and tied down by said band, said elastic band being formed from an elastic strip having its ends secured together, and said elastic band being positioned so that said secured together ends are disposed beneath said band. I

4. A bow comprising a ribbon folded into bow formation, a band tied over the central area of said bow formation to maintain the bow shape, and an elastic band on the back face of said bow and tied down by said band, said ribbon being held in bow formation by basting stitches which are hid beneath said band.

5. A bow comprising a ribbon folded into bow formation, a band tied over the central area of said bow formation to maintain the bow shape, and an elastic band on the back face of said bow and tied down by said band, comprising an elastic strap and a fastening element mounted thereon by which it may be formed into a band.

6. A bow comprising a ribbon folded into bow formation, a band tied over the central area of said bow formation to maintain the bow shape, and an elastic band on the back face of said bow and tied down by said band, comprising an elastic strap and a fastening element mounted there on by which it may be formed into a band, said fastening element comprising a buckle.

7. A bow comprising a ribbon folded into bow formation, a band tied .over the central area of said bow formation to maintain the bow shape, and an elastic band on the back face of said how and tied down by said band, comprising an elastic strap and a fastening element mounted thereon by which it may be formed into a band, said fastening element comprising hooks and eyes mounted upon said strip.

8. A bow comprising a ribbon folded into bow formation, a band tied over the central area of said bow formation to maintain the bow shape,

and an elastic band on the back face of said bow.

and tied down by said band, said ribbon being held in how formation by basting stitches which are hid beneath said band, said elastic band having spaced folded portions between which there is a reduced portion over which said band is tied to prevent the elastic band from shifting.

9. A bow comprising a ribbon folded into bow formation, a band tied over the central area of said how formation to maintain the. bow shape, and an elastic band on the back face of said bow and tied down by said band, comprising an elas tic strap and a fastening element mounted thereon by which it may be formedinto a band, means for restraining said elastic band from shifting.

10. A bow comprising a ribbon folded into bow formation, a hand tied over the central area of said bow formation to maintain the bow shape, and an elastic band on the back face of said bow and tied down by said band, comprising an elastic strap and a fastening element mounted thereon by which it may be formed into a band, and means for holding said elastic band from slipping along beneath said band.

GEORGE FLATTO. 

